Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-01

sectiod of the Heath bill for the first section
of the Looney bill.
On motion of Mr.. Barker of Bangor, the
was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Pattangall of Pembroke stated that ne
voted against the amendment of Mr.. Shaw OF
Portland because it Disseminated against
Mr.. Hall of Warren moved to reconsider
the vote of Saturday whereby the House
voted to strike out the words "and no
woman" in the second line of the frst Sec
ton.
Mr.. Walton called for the yeas and nays,
and the House ordered them.
Mr.. Shaw said his vote would depend on
the situation of the case, as If he could not
get such labor bill as he wanted he would
take the best he could get. He wished 10
know if the gentleman from Houlton pro-
posed to offer an amendment providing that
women should contract for extra hours II she
wished to.
Mr.. Powers here read the amendment
which he proposed to offer on that point.
Mr.. Looney stated that he would lnterpose
no objection to that amendment.
The question was then taken on the motion
to reconsider, and it prevailed by the follow
ing vote;
Bowker, Boynton, Bradley, Burns, Clark OF Bangor.
Clark of Caribou, Clark OF Saco, Cioutier' SooS'
Gushing. Dow, Engel, Ferguson Field, FIoy n
Hamilton of Gouldsboro, Harding Of Durham
Harding of Gorham. Harper, Hawkes., Head
Jersey HObson H0rigaRE dd Hunter
Knapp. app Littlefeld Of Prospect. Littleaeld Of
Rockland, Looney Luikin, Lyons. Manley. Marston,
Moore Of Gardiner, Neaey. Neybert' Noble Noble,
Pray Purinton OF Bowdoin. Randall, Ray, Reynolds,
Richards, Roberts of Brunswick, Roberts OF Dex-
ter Ryder, Sanborn of Island Falls. Sharp, Shaw,
Silsby Small, Smith, Vaughan, Warren OF Buxton,
Watts, Waugh, Wentworth, Weymouth, Whitcomb,
Widber, Wiggin, Wilson, Wiswell:-s5.
NAYS. = Messrs. Alexander, Bishop, Bradlsh'
son. Dawson, Dickey, Dority, Doten, Eels, Farrar
Fogg, Foster, Friend, Greene, Hamilton OF Cum
land, Harrington, Hodgkins, Jones, Levenseler'
Marble, biason O'Brien, Pattangall, Ross, Russell
Sanborn of Standish, Sawyer, Scott, Sylvester, Tai
bot, Wakefield alton, Wiley, Withem.I5s;
Chase of Edgecomb, Clark of Calais, Condor. Cults,
Hayden, Keegan, Lombard. Mallett, Moore of Deer.
ing, Morrill,, Purinton of Bowdoinnam' Kicker
Seaman, Spinney. Sturgis, Thurlow, Varney. War
rem of Winslow, Wedgewood, Whitmore, Woodman
Wright, York-27.
The question then required on the amend
ment offered by the gentleman from Penn
broke to strike out of the first section the
words "and 40 women"
The amendment was lost without divis-
ion.
Mr.. Barker of Bangor moved to amend
section l. line l6, by striking out "eighteen"
and inserting sixteen"
The amendment was adopted.
MIR. Harrington of Norridgewock MAYED to
amend section l, line Is, by inserting after
the word "thereof" the words ''or damage
thereto"
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Bishop of Hermon moved to amend
the bill by striking out section l and insert
ing the following:
Ten hours shall be legal days work, and
no person snail be employed in any saw mill,
mechanical or manufacturing establishment
or business in this State more than ten hours
in any one day, except in cases of absolute
necessity, by reason of inability to fill or
ders or make repairs, or do such work as
may be necessary to enable other branches
Of business to continue without detrimental
interruption. or different apportionment of
the hours of labor is made for the sole pur
pose of making shorter days work for one
day in the week. Provided that the forego-
ing prohibition shall not apply to any manu-
establishment the materials and
products of which are perishable, and require
and decay thereof, and provided further that
persons so employed in such absolutely nee
essary cases shall receive such additional
in each case as may be agreed
upon between employer and employee.
On motion of Mr.. Harding OF Gorham, the
amendment was Indefinitely postponed, with
out a division.
Mr.. Looney moved to amend section /,
line 3, by striking out the word 'buSiness
or"
The amendment was adopted.
MIR. Powers moved to amend section l, by
adding the following:
1t shall be lawful, however, for any female
of the age of eighteen years or over, to con-
tract to labor more than ten hours day ia
any manufacturing or mechanical establish
ment in this State, for not more than six
hours in any one week or ten weeks in any
one year. provided additional compensation
is received therefor.
The amendment was adopted
Mr.. Shaw moved to amend section |. line
3, by striking out the words ''or mechanical"
The amendment was lost.
Mr.. Shaw moved to amend section 2, line
81, by striking out the words ''ten minutes; :"
and by striking out all after the word labor"
in line %.
Inc amendment was adopted.
MIR. Harrington moved to amend section
2 by striking out all between the word
"mornng" in the sixth lima and the word
land" in the eleventh line.
After some debate, this amendment was
indefinitely postponed, on motion of Mr..
Lyons of Vinalhaven.
Mr.. Looney moved to amend by striking
out of section 2, line 20, the words Cuisines
or"
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Scott of Clifton moved to amend by
striking out section and inserting in place
thereof section of House document No.
162-the Heath bill.
After debate the motion was, on motion of
Mr.. Powers, indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Manley moved to amend section 5,
line 3, section 6 line 3, section s, line 3, and
section S, line l9, by striking out of said
lines the words "business Or"
These amendments were severallv adopted.
Mr.. Fogg moved to amend the bill by ad-
ding an additional section, as follows:
Section 10-This act shall not be construed
so as to deprive any person of adult age
from contracting for or rendering more than
ten hours of labor in one day, provided add-
tional compensation is paid therefor.
On motion of Mr.. Looney the amendment
was indefinitely postponed
Mr.. Harrington moved to amend by strik-
ing out the ninth section.
The speake: ruled that as the House had
passed that section the amendment was not in
order. under the announcement made at the
beginning of this discussion.
Mr. Talbot asked to have the bill read, il
mnCh no uisbt